Julian Day, Julian Date, UT, GMT, GMST, LST, GHA, LHA, RA, SHA?

RA and SHA LHA and GHA

Input Values

Give Longitude
Deg min sec

Star

Give Right Ascention of Star
Hour Min Sec

Give Greenwich Mean Time (UT)
Year  Month   Day
Hour  Min   Sec

Mathematics

Julian Day is the number of days elapsed since noon GMT on January 1st, 4713 B.C.
For astronomers a day begins at noon GMT and runs until to the next noon.
Here I mean UT0 at midnight.
In Julian Date at UT are also hours, minutes and seconds in days.

GMST is same as GHA of Aries (Vernal Equinox). GMST is calculated from UT.
LST is same as LHA of Aries (Vernal Equinox).

  LST = GMST + Longitude
  LHA = GMST + Longitude - RA
  LST = LHA + RA
  SHA in degrees = 360 - RA in degrees
  SHA in hours = 24 - RA in hours
  GHA = GMST - RA
  GHA = GMST + SHA
  GHA = LHA - Longitude
Astronomers uses Right Ascention (RA)
RA is measured eastward from the hour circle of Aries and expressed in units of time.
Nautical Almanacs use Sidereal Hour Angles (SHA).
SHA is measured estward from the hour circle of Aries and expressed in units of arc.
RA and SHA are equivalent.

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Output:
Julian Day at UT0:   Julian Date at UT:
Greenwich Mean Sidereal Time (GMST): hour min sec
Local Sidereal Time (LST): hours min sec
Local Hour Angle (LHA) of hours min sec = deg min sec
Greenwich Hour Angle (GHA) of hours min sec = deg min sec
Sidereal Hour Angle (SHA) of hours min sec = deg min sec

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Juhani Kaukoranta, Finland
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Last changes 2.6.2006